Dead by Manuscript

Struggling novelist Daniel Whitmore lives a life of quiet desperation—his last three books flopped, his agent has stopped calling, and his bills are stacking high in his dusty Brooklyn apartment. But when an anonymous package arrives at his doorstep containing a manuscript titled "Dead by Manuscript," Daniel is intrigued... and then terrified.

Each chapter in the manuscript details a gruesome murder—gritty, personal, chillingly real. At first, he assumes it’s a dark work of fiction. But the next day, the first murder described becomes a headline in the local news. Then the second. Then the third.

Daniel soon realizes the manuscript is predicting murders days before they happen, and worse—the victims aren’t random. They're all connected to Daniel’s past. With every page, the deaths creep closer to his inner circle—his ex-girlfriend, his former editor, even his estranged brother.

Haunted by paranoia and chased by both police and his own crumbling sanity, Daniel dives into a high-stakes investigation to uncover the origin of the manuscript. Who wrote it? Why him? And why does the final chapter describe his own death in explicit detail—down to the room, the time, and the murderer’s name?

But as Daniel hunts the truth, he discovers something far darker: the manuscript isn't just predicting the future—it may be writing it.

And if he can’t rewrite the ending, he’ll become the final victim…